2015
Electrical Signaling in Neurons
Levitan I, Kaczmarek L. Electrical Signaling in Neurons. 2015, 41-62. DOI: 10.1093/med/9780199773893.003.0003.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsIntrinsic Neuronal Properties, Neural Networks, and Behavior
Levitan I, Kaczmarek L. Intrinsic Neuronal Properties, Neural Networks, and Behavior. 2015, 457-488. DOI: 10.1093/med/9780199773893.003.0018.ChaptersAction of neurotransmittersIntrinsic neuronal propertiesIntrinsic excitabilityStomatogastric ganglionCommand neuronsNeuronal propertiesDendritic treeAction potentialsNeuronsCellular mechanismsNetwork activitySensory informationIntrinsic electrical propertiesGangliaExcitabilityMost behaviorsNeurotransmittersHormone
2001
Title Pages
B.Levitan I, Kaczmarek L. Title Pages. 2001, i-iv. DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780195145236.002.0001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchElectrical activityAppropriate synaptic connectionsAction of neurotransmittersBiochemical pathwaysMolecular mechanismsMolecular biologyUndifferentiated cellsIon channelsCellular propertiesSynaptic connectionsNerve cellsNeuronsSensory cellsSynaptic junctionsMolecular factorsSingle neuronsFirst courseCellsGenomeBiologyVaried patternsNeurotransmittersHormoneSecretionActivity
1991
Dexamethasone increases potassium channel messenger RNA and activity in clonal pituitary cells.
Levitan E, Hemmick L, Birnberg N, Kaczmarek L. Dexamethasone increases potassium channel messenger RNA and activity in clonal pituitary cells. Endocrinology 1991, 5: 1903-8. PMID: 1791837, DOI: 10.1210/mend-5-12-1903.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPituitary cellsChannel expressionClonal rat pituitary cellsChannel messenger RNAIon channel expressionRat pituitary cellsDose-dependent mannerClonal pituitary cellsAnterior pituitaryLong-term effectsRat hypothalamusSimilar pharmacologyGlucocorticoid agonistGlucocorticoid hormonesChannel mRNAGH3 cellsElectrical activitySecretionSteady-state concentrationsTerm effectsPituitaryExcitable cellsHormoneIon channelsMessenger RNANeuropeptide inhibition of voltage-gated calcium channels mediated by mobilization of intracellular calcium
Kramer R, Kaczmarek L, Levitan E. Neuropeptide inhibition of voltage-gated calcium channels mediated by mobilization of intracellular calcium. Neuron 1991, 6: 557-563. PMID: 1849723, DOI: 10.1016/0896-6273(91)90058-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsThyrotropin-releasing hormoneVoltage-gated calcium channelsVoltage-gated Ca2Protein kinase CInactivation of Ca2Pituitary tumor cellsVariety of agentsHormone secretionNeurotransmitter inhibitionIntracellular calciumResult of Ca2Calcium channelsIntracellular Ca2Inhibits Ca2Kinase CEndocrine cellsRoutine useTumor cellsPatch-clamp electrodesPlasma membrane channelsDependent inactivationInhibitionHormoneSecretionCa2
1980
Purification and primary structure of two neuroactive peptides that cause bag cell afterdischarge and egg-laying in Aplysia
Heller E, Kaczmarek L, Hunkapiller M, Hood L, Strumwasser F. Purification and primary structure of two neuroactive peptides that cause bag cell afterdischarge and egg-laying in Aplysia. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 1980, 77: 2328-2332. PMID: 6929554, PMCID: PMC348708, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.77.4.2328.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBag cell neuronsEgg-laying hormoneCell neuronsNeuroactive peptidesBag cell afterdischargePeptide BPleuroabdominal connectivesAbdominal ganglionRecipient animalsNeuronal receptorsHead gangliaVitro recordingsReproductive tractBag cellsGangliaAtrial glandNeuronsAtrial gland peptidesHormoneGlandGland peptideAgarose gel filtrationPeptide AAplysiaPro-PhePeptides controlling behavior in Aplysia.
Strumwasser F, Kaczmarek L, Chiu A, Heller E, Jennings K, Viele D. Peptides controlling behavior in Aplysia. Society Of General Physiologists Series 1980, 35: 197-218. PMID: 7414370.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsConceptsCentral nervous systemNervous systemPeripheral targetsSmall molecule transmittersSubstance PReceptor binding sitesPeripheral sourcesNeuropeptidergic systemsDifferent receptorsBag cellsHormonal peptidesSingle hormoneRespective peptidesAtrial glandHormoneGlandELHPeptidesSystem actionsTargetSpecific actionsSomatostatinGastrinReceptors